Re: CREATEROLE, CREATEDB

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: CREATEROLE, CREATEDB
Date: 2007-06-05 15:47:48
Message-ID: 17839.1181058468@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de> writes:
> --On Dienstag, Juni 05, 2007 16:04:44 +0200 Peter Eisentraut
> <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>> Is it correct that a user with CREATEROLE privilege but without CREATEDB
>> privilege can create a user with *CREATEDB* privilege, thus bypassing his
>> original restrictions?

> I had this issue once, too. CREATEROLE doesn't imply any inheritance from a
> role which gots this privilege, thus you are required to treat such roles
> much the same as superuser. This behavior is documented (well, at least in
> 8.2, haven't looked in 8.1):

This is by design --- the point of CREATEROLE is that you can do
anything you want in the line of account management, without having
all the dangers inherent in being a real superuser. It's not something
you'd give out to people you didn't trust.

regards, tom lane

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